Samuel J. Sackett

Samuel J. Sackett (1928–2018) was a literary scholar and pioneering folklorist of Kansas, a professor at Fort Hays State for 23 years, who also wrote science fiction, having been active in 1940s fandom alongside Bradbury, Van Vogt, Kuttner and Ackerman. His scholarship, folklore collections and speculative fiction reflect a lifelong, wide-ranging literary enthusiasm.